Hymn Stories of the Twentieth Century

by William J. Hart

HYMN STORIES OF THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY

by
WILLIAM J. HART, M.A., D.D.
Member of the Hymn Society of America, author of
“Unfamiliar Stories of Familiar Hymns”

With a Foreword by
BISHOP W. EARL LEDDEN, D.D., LL.D.

Publishers W. A. WILDE COMPANY Boston

Copyright, 1948
By W. A. Wilde Company
All rights reserved
Made in the United States of America

Dedicated
to
The Churches I Have Served as Pastor

FOREWORD

The most important musical feature of any service of worship is the singing of hymns by the congregation. When voices are united in Christian song, hearts may readily be joined in common worship. Then it becomes much more than a musical feature. It becomes an act of worship. And all who thus sing are builders of a Temple of Tone wherein their own hearts become the altar, high and lifted up.